Monthly Archives: December 2010

A year to remember

Despite everything, 2010 was a year to remember, although I’ll be pleased to see the sun set on it. I married the man of my dreams – literally. I dreamt of Keith before I met him for about 18 months … Continue reading

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Balance restored

Its been a weird few days. I thought I was holding it all together, until the morning of the 24th when I woke to a meltdown. I couldn’t stop crying, so after a call to Alan -who told me about … Continue reading

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Crazy melts with the sun

I only got four hours sleep last night, so was shattered when I went to work. However the sun was shining – I took a break at 9.30am and finished the very last bits of shopping – cream, strawberries and … Continue reading

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Eclipsed

An interesting day. I asked Keith to stop the rain so we could walk across to see the Mayor for some Census PR, and it did. I’m sure he’s laughing at my total lack of balance, but the Christmas crazy … Continue reading

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Got caught by the crazy

The Christmas busy crazy sneaked up behind me and ripped the carpet right out from under – what a flight!. When the rug is ripped out from under me, sometimes turning it into a magic carpet is the best I … Continue reading

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Messy and fun

My house is totally trashed – well its not that bad. I cleaned the other day, and now there is evidence of Christmas crafting and wrapping from one end of the house to other. And a picture fell off the … Continue reading

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Keith’s final journey 12 February 2011

Its been a busy day. Spent the afternoon on the phone checking available dates to take Keith’s ashes to Mt Taranaki – he printed out the geographical map complete with GPS coordinates of his final resting place, and said he … Continue reading

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The General comes home

Woke up to a teary start, but got moving quick enough. Alan and 2nd daughter (he has four) Rachael arrived early and we drove out to Seaview to bring the General home. Bought it a very good show car blanket … Continue reading

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Mouse in the house

Yesterday I was up early and headed to Foxton for the day to finish online Census training. We now have comms at the office, its a dial up workaround, but at least email and the reporting systems are working, one … Continue reading

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Another long day

Suited up and went to WINZ this morning – sitting on the other side of the table, promoting jobs for seekers rather than a benefit for the needy. Weird but fun. Another day without technology in the office, so myself … Continue reading

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